What? For real? It says that?! Did I post the right link?
Whoops! Well, what *I* read I really liked!
My own saga continues. I went to Maidenform last night and got...ahem...fitted. I use the word very loosely. I went in saying I thought I was a 32-34 G. I got stares and stops and hums and hahs. The very wonderful worker measured my band over the breast, not under and determined I was a 38. Ladies, I am no longer a 38. I'm just not. The 36 I was wearing was way too sloppy, which is why I was in the store to begin with. I stood my ground, however weakly, which is when the manager came out and oh the looks I got when I said I thought I was a 32-34 G. Any idea what it's like to stand in front of a group of women all staring at and sizing up your boobs while you stand there thinking, "Oh my goodness, they think I'm fat and here I am trying to delude myself that I've done something good for myself." Anyway, I convinced them to let me try the 36's and I felt like they fit nicely, though too comfortably and would still have liked to go with 34. But I went ahead a purchased a 36...which isn't going to last me long. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Then I went to Lane Bryant for my friend to try on bras. They measured her under the breasts at the actual band, so I asked why they measured differently. There was the sweetest skinny guy working at Lane Bryant! I've never met a man working at Lane Bryant before! He got in on the conversation and said some people think it's best to measure "skinny" girls over the breasts because bras only go down to a size 28 and they need to increase their band size in order to make them think they're going to fit into the "larger" size 28 because it's all the retailer has! Can you believe that?! And he said some people just think that's the proper way to measure.
He measured me, which was very funny as he asked, "When was the last time you were measured by a man?" I laughed and it made the experience a little more humorous. He measured me a 33, so a 34 band. Yep...what I thought!!
Long story short...I miss Lane Bryant!
The lady worker at the store said they had nothing to fit me, which was nice to hear and sad all at the same time. I told her I'd lost 65 pounds and I swear she got just a little nicer at that point.